Bedding article



I Sept. 21, 1937. c. DAYHUFF ET AL BEDDING ARTICLE Filed Aug. 6, 1956llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Patented Sept. .21, 1937 UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE BEDDING ARTICLE Application August 6,

1 Claim.

Our invention relates to bed clothes and to the art of preparing a bedfor occupancy. The invention particularly relates to an article of underbedding on which an occupant of the bed is adapted to be supportedduring occupancy.

The invention has for an object to provide means disposed intermediatethe bedstead and the bed clothes for separating the bed clothes fromdirect contact with the bedstead, thereby protecting the clothes.Another object of the invention is to provide an article of beddinghaving means for seizing and retaining bed clothes in an installedrelation to other articles of bedding. The invention has another objectin the provision of bed clothing seizing means which, by itsconstruction and installable relation to said bed clothes grips the samewith an increased pressure during occupancy of the bed, but whichenables easy assembly of the bed clothes for occupancy and insuresmaintenance of assembled relation during occupancy.

Our invention has for a particular object to provide a readily washableand cleanable inexpensive article of bedding adapted to be disposedintermediate the bed slats or springs and the bed mattress forseparating the ticking of the mattress and the bed sheet and covers fromdirect contact with said slats or springs. Thus, the invention providesmeans for protecting said ticking, bed sheet, and covers from dirt andrust collecting on said slats or springs which would tend to cause rapiddeterioration or rotting of said ticking to the spoilage of saidmattress and ruination of said bed sheets and covers. Said means alsoacts to prevent frictional wear of the mattress ticking by rubbing andsliding of the mattress over said slats 0r springs in the course ofsubsequent normal occupancies of the bed. Further, said means provides apadded resistance to shearing effects on the mattress ticking that isdeveloped between the cushioning means or springs of the mattress andthe cushioning means and springs of the bedstead during occupancy.

The invention consists in other features and advantages which willappear from the following description and upon examination of thedrawing. Structures containing the invention may partake of differentforms and still embody the invention. To illustrate a practicalapplication of the invention, we have selected an article of bedding asan example of the various structures and details thereof that containthe invention and shall describe the selected structure hereinafter, itbeing understood that variations may be made without departing from thespirit 1936, Serial No. 94,658

of the invention. The particular structure selected is shown in theaccompanying drawing and described hereinafter.

Fig. l of the accompanying drawing illustrates the article of beddingselected for purposes of illustration in an assembled relation to abedstead and other articles of bedding. Fig. 2 illustrates an enlargedview of a partial section of the article of bedding embodying ourinvention and of bed parts with which said article is preferably"designed to associate. Q

An article of bedding embodyingthe features of our invention has aflexible central body portion, preferably of a flat enclosing andenveloping form, which contains a medium of resiliency or paddingsubstance. The central body portion is surrounded by a padded andflexible perimetrical or edge portion which is bifurcated substantiallyalong a plane parallel to and between the surface planes of the bodyportion and forming a pocket like assembly to receive a bed sheet or bedcovers. The facing surface of each bifurcation has raised areas anddepressed areas which are so disposed on said facing surface that araised area fits into a depress-ed area of the facing surface of theother bifurcation to grip "the bed sheet or cover disposed between thebifurcation.

As illustrated in the accompanying drawing, our invention may beembodied in a pad I. The pad has a central envelope body portion 2. Thebody portion 2 may be formed of an enclosing sheet material 3 which ispreferably filled with a suitable padding material 4. The body portion 2is of a dimensional area approximating a large percentage of theoccupational area of the bed I, on which the pad is to be installed.

The bed I may have the usual head piece 8, foot piece 9, and rails Itwhich support within their assembled extension suitable bed springs H.The pad I is adapted to be placed over the springs l I so as to receivea mattress I2 in superimposed relation to said pad. Preferably, the padis placed so that said central body portion 2 is located centrally ofthe horizontal area occupied by said springs H and mattress l2.

Surrounding the central body portion 2 of the pad I is an edge portion Mwhich has the elements of the means for seizing other articles of bedclothes, such as a bed sheet l5, and operative to retain the same in anassembled relation with respect to the mattress l2, such as oneillustrated at l6 in Fig. 1 of the drawing, from which the sheet I5 isshown partially withdrawn. The edge portion I4 comprises superimposedlayers or extensions 20 and 2| of the central portion 2 form-- ing abifurcated edge. Each extension may be formed by extending the sheeting3 forming the surfaces of the central portion until the total areaoccupied by the sheeting is substantially equal to the entire area ofthe bed springs l I and mattress l 2 and then bi'ghting the sheeting 3and laying the same along a line parallel to and between lines commonwith the upper and lower surfaces of the central portion 2. Preferably,however, and as shown in the drawing, instead of bighting the sheeting,a separating piece of sheet goods 22 is folded along a fold line 23 andeach leg portion 24 and 25 formed by said fold is located insuperimposed relation to each other and extends outwardly to join withthe edge of the sheeting 3. The pieces 22 are interjoined along seamsthat extend on a bias to fold line 23. Thus, the distance of overlay ofthe leg portion 24 on the leg portion 25 is greater at the corners thanbetween the corners providing thereby additional tucking space for thebed sheet l5 and other advantages hereinafter described.

The described interjoined assembly of the sheeting 3 to the goods 22 tocomprise the edge bifurcations of the pad may be provided with asuitable resilient filling medium, such as the padding 28. In order tomaintain the padding in desirable distribution throughout thebifurcations and to form surface protruding and recessed areas thereon,each bifurcation may be stitched along a plurality of spaced stitchlines 29. The said stitching preferably extends through the portion ofthe sheeting 3 forming one side of each bifurcation and the leg portionof the goods 22 forming the other side of the bifurcation. Also it isdesirable that said stitching be drawn tautly as to move and holdportions of the sheeting and goods 22 in closely spaced relation. Thus,areas 30 of surface depression are formed along said stitch line andprotruding surface areas 3l are formed intermediate said stitch lines oneach leg portion 24 and 25 forming the facing surfaces of thebifurcations.

The stitch lines 29 are so located that a protruding area 3| of onebifurcation registers with a recessed or depressed area 30 of the otherbifurcation. Thus, when the bed sheet 15 is located between thebifurcations, the sheet will be gripped between said bifurcations with apressure dependent on the load borne by the pad I. Thus, when the bed isoccupied and the bed sheet is urged by the occupant to move from itsinstalled relation to the other articles of bedding, the sheet will beheld by said bifurcations with an increased pressure to prevent saidwithdrawal.

Thus, it will be appreciated that we have provided an article ofrelative low cost which may be subjected to the rigors and strainsexerted normally at the point of contact between the bed springs andmattress to absorb and bear the same for the protection and longevity ofthe mattress and its ticking.

We claim:

A bedding article forming a means adapted to be located intermediate bedsprings and a bed mattress to prevent contact as between said bedsprings and mattress and wear of said mattress and to receive withinitself to enclosingly retain bed clothing as may be assembled over saidmattress and comprising a flexible flat padded central body portionadapted to be located centrally of the area occupied by said bed spring,the body portion entirely surrounded by a padded edge portion, the edgeportion being bifurcated along a line parallel to the plane of the bodyportion,

the infacing surface of each bifurcation having a plurality of parallellines of stitching extending parallel to the edge of each bifurcation toform a plurality of parallel ridges, each of said ridges extendingparallel to the immediately adjacent edge and spaced from eachother adistance so that each ridge of each infacing surface of each bifurcationextends between like ridges of the other infacing surface of the otherbifurcation and so that when said bed clothing is inserted between saidbifurcations, the inserted portion is caused to substantially assume awavelike appearance and be held against ready withdrawal.

CHARLIE DAYHUFF.

GAIL MCCREERY.

